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Stengel, Johann Peterson
Daniel Bartholomeus
Ulm
1706
Stengel, Johann Peterson."Gnomonica Universalis, sive Praxis Amplissima Geometrice describendi Horologia Solaria, tum Stabilia, juxta omnes species, ... tum Reflexa & Portatilia in figuris ... expressa". Ulm: Danielis Bartholomaeus, 1706. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece, (2), 262, (4), 61 pp. and 253 pictures on 92 copper-plates. O. parchment binding from the time with paper label with title on the spine.
(4) pages of foreword lacking, handwritten notes from the time on the board leafs and handwritten ex-libris on the page 1. - The book describes the production of a sundial.